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The Making Of an Invisible Nissan 370Z

It’s an ad for an oil company, but boy is it a great one. A 370Z was hand-reconstructed out of perspex, complete with semi-operational engine, and it’s sure to impress any date other than Wonder Woman. [Doobybrain via CrunchGear]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Digilegs Designer Lands A Job Working On “The Hobbit”

Last year, artist Kim Graham exploded into internet fame for a YouTube video where she demonstrated a pair “digilegs” she’d designed herself. Now she’s landed a job at Weta working on the Hobbit movies. Here’s her story. In a fascinating interview with Graham on Coilhouse, the artist talks about what happened after she posted the…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Why Photo Booth Is Different from Real Life

In case you hadn’t realize just how disgusting Apple’s Photo Booth filters could be, Mark Pernice and team converted a Photo Booth self-portrait to a real life, 3D mask. Here was the before shot: It’s the slow cone—and its tacit implication of being licked—that elevates the mask to its almost divine grotesqueness. [matic via Craft:…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Crazy-Ass “Mutant Girls Squad” Trailer

Hot on the heels of Big Tits Zombie in 3D comes a trailer for another wonderfully detached genre flick — this time, featuring young women on a violent, evolutionary bender. https://gizmodo.com/big-tits-zombie-in-3d-the-trailer-5520038 The best part about trailers like this is that you don’t need to know a lick of Japanese to suss out precisely how screw-loose…

Trailers Marc Bernardin

Gadget Deals of the Day

It’s Friday, thank God. And while this week has been fun, it’s so time for the weekend already. Kick back, relax, and watch the game on your new TV. Buy some new games to play. Whatever you like, Dealzmodo provides. Top Deals: • Xbox 360 Elite Spring 2010 Bundle w/ Halo 3 ODST game +…

Tech News Casey Chan

Gizmodo Plus PBS Newshour

Gizmodo’s back with PBS Newshour—guess what we talked about this week? Well, we also talked about something Incredible (hint, hint). Oh, I actually wore a collared shirt, but I look pretty fat this time around. So I clearly can’t win here. [PBS] https://gizmodo.com/htc-droid-incredible-review-more-like-impressive-5520071

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Advertisements For The Environmental Apocalypse

Why are there billboards with giant pictures of natural landscapes next to the roads in Columbus, Georgia? That question, it turns out, is part of the point in this weird art project to advertise environmental apocalypse. According to the artists: As the images that appear on the billboards are all unfamiliar landscapes they provide a…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Fly Into a Star Nest

This is a picture of the majestic Carina Nebula—a cool hydrogen and dust titan in the Milky Way Galaxy—as captured by Hubble. NASA has turned it into a 3D volumetric model, allowing you to fly right in: https://gizmodo.com/we-are-just-a-tiny-station-in-the-milky-way-subway-map-5454587 Check the 720p version at full screen. “No words.” [Hubble]

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

Will iPhone 4’s Audio and Video Chat Finally Break the Voice Calling Scam?

A front-facing iPhone camera means video calling, but it’s also a sign of something bigger. Combined with other recent leaks, it means that Apple is bringing iChat to the iPhone. Everything about voice calling may be about to change. iChat, You Chat So, how does the appearance of a front-facing camera change standard voice calling?…

Tech News Wilson Rothman

Supreme Court Hearing Its First Case About Genetically Modified Crops

The U.S. Supreme Court has been hearing arguments on whether a genetically engineered pesticide-resistant alfalfa violates the National Environmental Policy Act. The case pits organic farmers against Monsanto, whose genetically altered alfalfa could spread its genes to neighboring crops, via cross-pollination and prevent them from being able to label them as “organic.” This is the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Your Day Should Be Spent Reading Gizmodo, Not Wrestling with Email

How many messages are in your inbox right now? 100? 1,000? More? Let Outlook 2010 help you with that. Click through to see exactly how it can help you save time and communicate better (two words: “Ignore” button). Outlook 2010 has several tricks for dealing with ornery inboxes, like the Ignore button. When you’re CC-ed…

Tech News Gawkercreative

The New Eclipse Trailer: Let The Wild Vampire-Werewolf Rumpus Begin!

It’s war in Forks for the Twilight kids. Bloody, acrobatic, kung fu-vampire war. Watch as an army of underwater-walking newbie vampires attack a flock of were-puppies. Leave your shirts at the door — it’s the new Eclipse trailer. See it in full screen HD hotness over at Oprah and watch it on Ms. Winfrey’s show…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Generate Power and Charge Gadgets Riding The Bus To Work

I regularly pull extra-hard on bus handles, quietly flexing my biceps (and triceps, if possible), sneaking in a small work-out on my way across town. Designer Junjie Zhang has dreamed up a way to generate power from doing just that. Swinging your body about while holding onto bus rails is pretty fun, but if you’ve…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Geek Love: His and Hers Star Wars T-Shirts

For the couple that wants to seal their love like a smuggler in Carbonite comes this matching set that captures the most romantically bad-ass exchange in all of scifi. My lady isn’t quite geeky enough to sport these in public with me, but if you’re heading to Orlando this August for Star Wars Celebration V…

io9 Marc Bernardin

Twilight Actress To Replace Angelina Jolie In Wanted 2?

Is Wanted’s super secret assassin Fox being downgraded into a lip-biting self-conscious teen? Rumors are circulating that Stewart will be replacing Jolie as Wanted 2’s superslick assassin co-star. Bear in mind that a sequel still hasn’t been officially confirmed. [E!]

Movies Meredith Woerner

Staring Down the Barrel Of an MK-19 Grenade Nerf Launcher

If you’re someone who confuses paintball war with real war, you’ll be verrrrry interested in this MK-19 belt-fed Nerf launcher. The DIY shoots 2.5 rockets/second, weighs 100 pounds, and guarantees that everyone’ll want to be on your team. [UberGizmo]

Tech News Brian Barrett

Ridley Scott Says Alien Prequel Will Have A New Female Hero — And Maybe New Giger Designs!

Ridley Scott says his new prequel to his seminal 1979 space-horror film Alien is definitely happening, and he’s going to talk to venerable designer H.R. Giger about some new creature designs. And he drops some plot details. Spoilers ahead… According to Scott, he’s looking at the fourth draft of the movie’s script now, and the…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

German Fembot AILA Has No Mouth to Feed Bratwurst To

As the glamor shots illustrate, fembot AILA is pretty tasty. Curvy in all the right places, big eyes not seen since Zooey Deschanel, and a modern haircut that shows she’s got an awesome music collection. Shame she has no legs. https://gizmodo.com/zooey-deschanel-to-hopefully-play-computer-programmer-5520528 AILA is the product of DFKI Bremen, which uses SemProM (Semantic Product Memory) to…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

In “The Losers,” Comedy Goes Badass

The movie adaptation of Vertigo’s balls-to-the-wall espionage comic, The Losers, completely nails the spirit of the book. Though its villain leaves a whole lot to be desired. There’s a genre that can best be described as Band of Dudes Skilled in Varied Bad-Assery. It was probably born with The Odyssey, though their varied bad-assery was…

Movies Marc Bernardin

It’s Happened: The First Full Face Transplant

The operation took 22 hours and 30 doctors, but the world’s first full facial transplant has been deemed “a success.” In a clandestine operation that took place almost a month ago in Barcelona, a man who’d lost his much of his face in a shooting accident received an entire face—skin and muscles, and as the…

Health Mark Wilson

The Making Of an Invisible Nissan 370Z

Digilegs Designer Lands A Job Working On “The Hobbit”

Why Photo Booth Is Different from Real Life

The Crazy-Ass “Mutant Girls Squad” Trailer

Gadget Deals of the Day

Gizmodo Plus PBS Newshour

Advertisements For The Environmental Apocalypse

Fly Into a Star Nest

Will iPhone 4’s Audio and Video Chat Finally Break the Voice Calling Scam?

Supreme Court Hearing Its First Case About Genetically Modified Crops

Your Day Should Be Spent Reading Gizmodo, Not Wrestling with Email

The New Eclipse Trailer: Let The Wild Vampire-Werewolf Rumpus Begin!

Generate Power and Charge Gadgets Riding The Bus To Work

Geek Love: His and Hers Star Wars T-Shirts

Twilight Actress To Replace Angelina Jolie In Wanted 2?

Staring Down the Barrel Of an MK-19 Grenade Nerf Launcher

Ridley Scott Says Alien Prequel Will Have A New Female Hero — And Maybe New Giger Designs!

German Fembot AILA Has No Mouth to Feed Bratwurst To

In “The Losers,” Comedy Goes Badass

It’s Happened: The First Full Face Transplant

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